Muscle tightness and soreness is a regular part of everyone’s lives. Lots of people don’t realize how important it is to address muscle tightness in a timely manner. Muscle tightness mean less oxygen/blood flow throughout the body. We need a good flow to heal and rebuild. The process becomes delayed the more tightness/soreness we have.
Stretching alone is old school
Tissue work (massage gun therapy) specifically increases blood flow and smoothes out the surface of tissue and loosens up ligaments and tendons. Chronic pain develops lots of the time from unattended to areas that lack blood flow/healing. Over time, joints rub against each other and cause some crackling. Massage therapy can help bring some longevity to those areas. On top of that, tendons and ligaments are also loosened. This is important since many injuries results from ligaments being stretched beyond what they can handle.
MY PERSONAL REVIEW + USE
For a several months now, the massage gun has been a necessary add to my protocol for health/longevity of my body. When I get to the gym, I warm up on the tread mill, 5 minutes of massage gun on the muscles i’m working, and afterward I use bands to bring more blood flow to target areas. The massage gun not only primes my body for training, but I also use it at nighttime before bed (Most nights). I try to use it for about 12 minutes at night before bed. I can tell the difference with how things feel in the mornings. It really helps with the neck/shoulders/legs. Flexibility has slowly increased in several different areas because of my pairing of massage gun therapy and stretching combined. There are several areas that need more attention than just your average “reach to the toes” stretch. My body has never felt so great. I highly recommend this to be used in a protocol for average humans and also athletes both.
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